VIRGINIA

Census Reports

1790 – 1900

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UPDATED FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The early census records of Virginia were destroyed and so the early reports are based on existing tax lists. By 1810, things are okay again.

In the 1790 census, tax records were used to reconstruct this census, which was destroyed by fire.

In the 1800 and 1810 census both males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over. 1800 was again a reconstructed census.

In the 1820 census males are broken down 0-9, 10-15, 16-18, 19-25, 26-44, 45 and older. Females are divided 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.

In the 1830 and 1840 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.

From 1850 on ages and states of birth are shown. In 1880 and on, places of birth are listed for the person, their father and their mother.

Although the Southern Putman line came from England to Virginia in 1647, most had spread south and west by or shortly after the Revolution. From 1800 up until the 1900s, there were basically two families that grew and spread out in the Northwestern and Western parts of Virginia.

John Putnam came from Massachusetts after serving in the Revolution. He settled in Bath County. Bath County is in the middle of the State right on the West Virginia Border. Parts of the family spread out into neighboring Alleghany County and several moved west into West Virginia in the 1850s and 1860s. They settled in Doddridge and Ritchie Counties in the Northwestern part of the state.

The other English line was the Southern Putnam/Putman one that settled in Gloucester County Virginia and moved west. A couple of families passed through from the Carolinas into Kentucky and west, but the family of William Putnam and then Joseph Darnell Putnam settled in Fauquier County in the Northern Neck of Virginia. They later spread into Warren, Shenandoah and other Northern Counties and then by the 1860s into the middle of West Virginia in Gilmer, Braxton and a couple of other Counties.

Early on part of the German Putman family was in Hampshire County, which became part of West Virginia, but they moved to the Mid West by 1800. Later, other groups from the English families from New England and Dutch from New York came into the State.

VIRGINIA 1787-1790 TAX LISTS

DANIEL PUTMAN Culpeper County

Daniel is a son of Zachariah (II) and Margaret Putman from here. He is found in the 1787 tax list and in the reconstructed 1790 Census. But he is actually in Abbeville County, South Carolina by the 1790 census, as he and Sarah are listed there. They were accepted into the Turkey Creek Baptist Church there on May 14, 1790. At any rate, Daniel was born here in Culpeper or possibly Middlesex County in about 1745. He married Sarah Kendrick here in about 1765, as their eldest child was born here in 1766. Daniel will be in South Carolina until he dies December 31, 1821, or at least that was the date it was recorded. Sarah died before that as she was not mentioned in his court petition. This line goes back Daniel > Zachariah > Zachariah > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas Putnam.

HENRY PUTMAN Culpeper County

Another of Zach and Margaret's kids is also found in 1787 but for some reason is not listed in 1790 even though he was probably still in the area, I think. He moved to Mason County, Kentucky about 1793, though it may have been a little earlier. They are there for sure by 1798 when they are on the tax rolls. He was born here about 1747, and married Elizabeth Kendrick in the early 1770s. He served with his brother Daniel in the Virginia Militia during the Revolution. Henry will remain in Mason County until his death in 1825. His line is the same as his brother Daniel.

PETER PUTMAN Hampshire County

Peter is German, probably a son of Philip Jacob Putman of Frederick County, Maryland. He is in a County that will later be included in West Virginia. He is in the 1787 tax list and in 1790. He has a family of twelve (ten children). He was born in Maryland January 12, 1740. He married Mary Good (Goode) who was born in Virginia May 14, 1775. Peter died August 11, 1795. Mary will be with her son Jacob on the farm and will die here November 16, 1815. Most of the rest of the kids will head out to Ross County, Ohio in the early 1800s. See the section on German Putmans and Peter Putman in the West Virginia Section.

PETER PUTMAN, JR. Hampshire County

He is a son of the above Peter and Mary. His wife is Sophia. He is in the 1787 tax list but is included with his folks in 1790, as that census was based on the 1785 tax list. They will remain here, and in 1820 Sophia will be shown as a widow with her kids.

BENJAMIN PUTNAM Norfolk County

He is in the 1785 tax list and is listed as being over 45 and alone in Portsmouth, Norfolk County, Virginia in the 1790 census. He is Benjamin Farley Putnam born in Danvers, Massachusetts August 26, 1851. He served as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War. After the War he settled in Savannah, Georgia before 1787 and he remained for the rest of his life. He received a land grant in Chatham County in 1805. He married Ann Sophia Malcolm originally from Washington D.C. She received a widow's land grand in the 1820 lottery along with the kids. He died sometime around 1807-8. Benjamin is listed as number 414 in Eben Putnam's works. This New England line goes back Benjamin (414) > Henry (160) > Eleazer (31) > John (8) > John Putnam (1).

VIRGINIA 1800 CENSUS

In the 1800 and 1810 census both males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over. 1800 was again a reconstructed census.

JOHN PUTNAM Accomack County

He is on the Eastern Shore in St. George's Parish. He and his wife are both over 45 and they have one son in the 16-26 age group. This is the only time he is listed. I haven't the foggiest idea who he could be. It is possible that he was the father of Jeremiah Putnam who was born in Virginia and then went to Guilford County, North Carolina where he was a member of the Quaker Church. Jeremiah was born in about 1785 so the child ties right in. John, himself, is possibly the man who came to Philadelphia from England and signed the Oath on September 29, 1753. Who knows?

JOSEPH D. (DARNELL) PUTNAM Fauquier County

Taken from the 1800 tax list, he is listed as 1 tithable and owns 3 horses. He is Joseph Darnell Putnam, the only son of William Putnam II and Catherine Darnell. His dad died in the Revolution in Virginia about 1777, his mom remarried to John McNeil about 1780. Joseph was born about 1761, he married Sarah Ball here about 1791 or so. They will be here through the 1850 census where he is 88 and she is 81. This line is Southern and the only one to consistently use the original Putnam spelling. The lineage is Joseph > William > William > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas Putnam.

VIRGINIA 1810 CENSUS

In the 1800 and 1810 census both males and females are broken into 0-9, 10- 15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.

JOHN PUTNAM Bath County

Listing is 11001 31001. He is from Massachusetts, and served in the revolution in New York and then Southern Pennsylvania. He lived in Lancaster County for some six years after the Revolution and then moved to Virginia and married Mary ‘Polly’ Graves in Berkley County September 6, 1790. They moved to the Stewart Creek area of Bath County in the late 1790s. They will be here all their lives. He and his wife, Mary Graves, are both over 45. Listing is 11001 31001. According to Eben Putnam, His name is actually Jeptha John Putnam named after his grandfather. But he initially entered the Army as Jeptha Putnam. At any rate he was born in Sutton, Massachusetts on September 24, 1762. He will die here in Bath April 14, 1837. This line goes back Jeptha (992) > Fuller (391) > Jeptha (158) > Eleazer (31) > John (8) > John Putnam (1).

JOSEPH D. (DARNELL) PUTNAM Fauquier County

His family is growing. He is over 45 and Sarah Ball under 45. The family listing is 30201 02010. He is the only son of William Putnam II and Catherine Darnell. His dad died in the Revolution in Virginia about 1777, his mom remarried to John McNeil about 1780. Joseph was born about 1761, he married Sarah Ball here about 1791 or so. They will be here through the 1850 census where he is 88 and she is 81. This line is Southern Putman and the only one to consistently use the original Putnam spelling.

ZACHARIAH PITMAN Fauquier County

Listing is 32001 01010. The spelling is Pitman. He might be a Putman, but don’t think so. The only Zachariah Putman that could be around is Daniel Putman’s son from South Carolina, but he and Winnie have been in Kentucky for about 15 years now. Probably not a Putman, and the Pitman spelling may be correct. I’m listing him just in case.

JACOB PUTMAN Hampshire County

Jacob is Peter Putman and Mary Goode's eldest son. He is 26-45 and there are two women with him, his wife Rachel Adams must be the one 16-26 and then there is an older woman over 45 who is his mother Mary Goode Putman. His dad died recently and he has taken over the family farm. Listing 00010 00101. Jacob was born here January 12, 1759 and Rachel on May 8, 1776. He will die and is Will proven on August 24, 1835. Rachel will marry Charles Cresap and they are here in 1850. By 1860, Rachel was widowed again and in Washington County, Iowa with her son Jacob Junior. Remember this is a German line.

PETER PUTMAN Hampshire County

Peter (junior) and his wife Sophia are over 45 with 3 of their kids still at home with the folks. The listing is 11001 01001. His dad has died and he too will die here in the next few years. Sophia will be widowed here in 1820 with one son, and then that’s the last I hear of them.

EMESTUS PUTMAN Jefferson County

This is Ernestus Putman, son of Arent Putman and Elizabeth DeSpitzer of Schenectady, New York. He was born there October 27, 1776. He is of the Dutch line started by Jan Poutman in New York State. Jefferson County is currently in West Virginia. He married Nancy Becker back in Schenectady, New York April 1, 1797. She died there June 8, 1812. He headed south and married Elizabeth Gray in Shepardstown, Virginia (now in West Virginia) March 24, 1814. They are now both in the 26-45 age group and they have two other males in the same age group. One might be his brother who joined him in Ohio. Not sure here. Listing is 00030 10010. Ernestus will continue out into Ohio and be in Darke County by 1820. He will be there through 1850, and then go with his son Ernestus to Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana in the late 1850s, and die there February 15, 1864. Elizabeth died the following year. This Dutch line goes back Ernestus > Arent (Aaron) Johannes > Johannes (John) > Arent Janse > Johannes Poutman.

JOHN PUTMAN Kanawha County

Kanawha County is also now in West Virginia. He should be a son of John Putman (Zachariah's son), who stopped and settled in West Virginia when the family was heading west into Kentucky. John married Mary Long in Botetort County, Virginia and this John's neighbors in Kanawha County include several Long families. He and his wife are 26-45 with 3 children. Listing is 10010 11010. I do not find any Putmans in this county again until the 1860s when it officially became West Virginia as the Civil War broke out. Southern Putman line.

VIRGINIA 1820 CENSUS

In the 1820 census males are broken down 0-9, 10-15, 16-18, 19-25, 26-44, 45 and older. Females are divided 0-9, 10-15, 16-25, 26-44, 45 and over.

JOHN PUTNAM Bath County

He is Jeptha John or John Jeptha Putnam and listed 000001 01001. He and Mary Graves are now in their 50s. They will both be around again in 1830. He is from Massachusetts, and served in the revolution in New York and then Southern Pennsylvania. He lived in Lancaster County for some six years after the Revolution and then moved to Virginia and married Mary ‘Polly’ Graves in Berkley County September 6, 1790. They moved to the Stewart Creek area of Bath County in the late 1790s. They will be here all their lives.

FULLER PUTNAM Bath County

He is listed next to his parents John Putnam and Mary Graves above. His listing is 100100 20110. He is now 25, and Sarah is 26. He was born in 1794-95. He and Sarah are here through 1860 and then died in that decade I guess. The son is John, daughters are Nancy and Mary.

JOSEPH PUTNAM Fauquier County

Joseph (senior) is listed 101201 01201. He and Sarah Ball are in their 50s now. He is the son of William Putnam II and Catherine Darnell. His dad died in the Revolution in Virginia about 1777. Joseph was born about 1761, and he married Sarah Ball here about 1791 or so. They will be here through the 1850 census where he is 88 and she is 81. This line is Southern and the only one to consistently use the original Putnam spelling.

JOSEPH PUTNAM Fauquier County

Joseph (junior) and his wife Mary Gill and their family. The listing for them is 100010 10010. Joseph Putnam was born about 1794. He married Mary Gill on March 4, 1817. She was a daughter of John Gill of Fauquier County. Joseph will remain here all of his life where he was a farmer. The 1850 census shows his wife as Nancy 3 years older than him. He was widowed again by the 1860 census. The children were all born prior to 1835. Mary will have died in the early 1840s. Joseph sometime in the late 1870s. His will was probated March 24, 1879.

SOPHIA PUTMAN Hampshire County

Peter Putman, Junior, has died and Sophia is now head of the household with one son left to help out. Listing is 000100 00001. German lineage.

JACOB PUTMAN Hampshire County

He is now over 45, his wife Rachel Adams is in the 26-44 category. Listing is 110002 0011. Jacob was born here January 12, 1759 and Rachel on May 8, 1776. He will die and is Will proven on August 24, 1835. Rachel will marry Charles Cresap and they are here in 1850. By 1860, Rachel was widowed again and in Washington County, Iowa with her son Jacob Junior. German Putman line from Maryland.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Loudon County

He is alone between 26 and 44. I have no real idea on this guy. There is a note that he is a foreigner not naturalized yet(?). Best bet is this is a dual listing for the William in neighboring Prince William County. The age is right and he may just be here on business or something.

ISAAC PUTNAM Ohio County

Isaac is from Vermont and living near Wheeling, West Virginia. His listing is 01001 00101. He is Isaac Putnam junior, a son of Isaac Putnam (628) and Polly Chamberlain. Isaac junior was born when the family was in Rochester, Windsor County, Vermont. They were originally from Cornish, New Hampshire. He also appears in the 1820 Census of Jefferson County, Ohio, which is just across the river. He married Mary Ann Brawley on March 18, 1817. He will next go to Champaign County, Ohio. Just as a bit of interest, he last turns up in the 1900 Census of Kentucky at age 100 (Born in October 1799). He is in the Logan County, Kentucky, Alms House. Way to go Isaac!!

WILLIAM PUTNAM Prince William County

He is a son of Joseph Darnell Putnam and Sarah Ball. He was born in Fauquier County about 1793, and he married Pency Gill in 1817. They have two young sons. Listing is 20010 00000, but it is an error as Pency was alive and well at the time. The sons are Joseph William and William Robert. They will be in Warren County soon. They are not indexed in 1830, but Pency will be widowed there in 1840. Southern Putman family.

VIRGINIA 1830 CENSUS

In the 1830 and 1840 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.

JOHN (JEPTHA) PUTNAM Bath County

He and his wife Mary Graves are both now in their 60s. Listing is 000000001 001010001. He is from Massachusetts, and served in the revolution in New York and then Southern Pennsylvania. He lived in Lancaster County for some six years after the Revolution and then moved to Virginia and married Mary ‘Polly’ Graves in Berkley County September 6, 1790. They moved to the Stewart Creek area of Bath County in the late 1790s. John or Jeptha will die here on April 14, 1837. Polly will die in Alleghany County July 15, 1855.

FULLER PUTNAM Bath County

His and Sarah’s family is growing. He and his wife are in their 30s. The family is listed as 101001 21011. The older woman may be Fuller's sister as noted in the 1850 census. He is, of course, a son of John Jeptha Putnam and Mary Graves and was born here.

JOSEPH D. (DARNELL) PUTNAM Fauquier County

He is listed as James D. He and Sarah are both in their 60s. The listing is now 000200001 001010001. He is the son of William Putnam II and Catherine Darnell. His dad died in the Revolution in Virginia about 1777. Joseph was born about 1761, and he married Sarah Ball here about 1791 or so. They will be here through the 1850 census where he is 88 and she is 81. This line is Southern and the only one to consistently use the original Putnam spelling.

JOSEPH PUTNAM (JR.) Fauquier County

He and Mary are in their 30s. Listing is 121001 121001. He is a son of Joseph Darnell Putnam and Sarah Ball and was born about 1794. He married Mary Gill on March 4, 1817. She was a daughter of John Gill of Fauquier County. Joseph will remain here all of his life where he was a farmer. The 1850 census shows his wife as Nancy 3 years older than him. He was widowed again by the 1860 census. The children were all born prior to 1835. Mary will die in the early 1840s. Joseph sometime in the late 1870s. His will was probated March 24, 1879.

JACOB PUTMAN Hampshire County

He is in his 60s with one son in his 20s and one in his teens. There is one female in her 40s which is possibly his wife Rachel. She appears younger than she should be, so it may be a daughter or daughter in law. Jacob was born here January 12, 1759 and Rachel on May 8, 1776. He will die and is Will proven on August 24, 1835. Rachel will marry Charles Cresap and they are here in 1850. By 1860, Rachel was widowed again and in Washington County, Iowa with her son Jacob Junior.

JOHN PUTMAN Prince William County

Listed as Patman, but this appears to be Joseph's son with his wife Sophia Creel from next door in Fauquier County. The listing is 30001 0000101. The older woman must be Sophie's mother.

VIRGINIA 1840 CENSUS

In the 1830 and 1840 census both males and females are listed 0-4, 5-9, 10- 14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, etc.

FULLER PUTNAM Bath County

The listing is 1110101 11111. He is a son of John Putnam and Mary Graves from here. He and his wife Sarah are here in 1850 and still in 1860. John died here on April 14, 1837. His mom is around somewhere. Mary will be shown as a widow here in 1850, and then will die here herself on July 15, 1855. New England line originally out of Massachusetts.

BARTEMIS B. PUTNAM Leeds, Fauquier County

Joseph’ son and his wife Frances Dulin. 200001 00001. He is a son of Joseph Darnell Putnam and Sarah Ball and was born 1n 1802. France was born in 1817. He was a miller like his father and ran a gristmill on Thumb Run. Frances died in the mid 1850s and he in 1859. By 1860, the kids are all over being taken in by relatives.

JOSEPH PUTNAM Leeds, Fauquier County

Joe junior and Mary Gill. 0222001 0101101. He is a son of Joseph Darnell Putnam and Sarah Ball and was born about 1794. He married Mary Gill on March 4, 1817. She was a daughter of John Gill of Fauquier County. Joseph will remain here all of his life where he was a farmer. The 1850 census shows his wife as Nancy 3 years older than him. He was widowed again by the 1860 census. The children were all born prior to 1835. Mary will die in the early 1840s. Joseph sometime in the late 1870s. His will was probated March 24, 1879.

JOSEPH D. PUTNAM Leeds, Fauquier County

He is in his 80s, Sarah in her late 70s with one son, possibly William, at home. He is the son of William Putnam II and Catherine Darnell. His dad died in the Revolution in Virginia about 1777. Joseph was born about 1761, and he married Sarah Ball here about 1791 or so. They will be here through the 1850 census where he is 88 and she is 81. This line is Southern and the only one to consistently use the original Putnam spelling.

JOHN PUTNAM Leeds, Fauquier County

Young John and Sophia are back from Prince William County and are living next to the rest of the family. Listing now is 210001 121001. John will be moving to Gilmer County in the next few years, and I think his son Levi remained here and took over the farm. Gilmer County will become part of the newly founded West Virginia at the outbreak of the Civil War.

RACHEL PUTMAN CRESAP Hampshire County

Rachel Adams was married to Jacob Putman who died here in 1835. She then married Charles Cresap who must be around someplace. He is here in 1850, and they are living with her then married son Jacob. The listing is 000100 00000001. Her son Jacob Junior is now in his late teens, born April 4, 1822. He will marry Mary Ellen Edmundson in Allegany County, Maryland June 22, 1842. They are all here in 1850 and then off to Iowa in 1854. German Family from Maryland.

PENCETHA PUTNAM Warren County

William's widow, Pency Gill, is in her 40s with 8 kids. Now William and Pency only had 6 children, so the older girl and one of the older guys are a married couple. Their eldest, Joseph William Putman had just married Susan Marshall in 1839, so these must be them. She is widowed here still in 1850.

VIRGINIA 1850 CENSUS

NANCY PUTNAM District 1, Alleghany County

This County is next to Bath County. Nancy is 25 (really 45) VA and living with Orlando 65 VA and Lucy 55 VA Griffith. Lucy Griffith is a daughter of John and Mary Putman. She was born in 1790 and married Alexander Orlando Griffith on January 18, 1812. Nancy is her sister and a daughter of John as well. Nancy was born in 1804 and appears in 1860 as being 55 and in 1870 at age 65. This is handwriting error and she is 45 and not 25. Nancy never married.

FULLER PUTNAM District 8, Bath County

He is now shown as 56 VA born in Bath County in 1794, his wife Sarah is 56 VA and was born in Alleghany County. Children are Nancy 37 VA, Rachel 28 VA, Elizabeth 25 VA, Albert 16 VA, Samuel 14 VA, Robert 10 VA and Charles 1 VA, all born in Bath County. Charles is probably the son of his son John as shown just below. Fuller and Sarah are here in 1860 and then will die in the next decade.

JOHN PUTNAM District 8, Bath County

He is a son of Fuller and Sarah. He is 31 VA, his wife Sarah Griffith is 23 VA. Children are Julia 4 VA, Eli 2 VA and Charles 1 VA. Living next door is his grandmother Mary Graves Putnam. Sarah is a daughter of Orlando and Lucy Putnam Griffith from Alleghany County. Lucy was a daughter of John Putnam and Mary Graves.

MARY PUTNAM District 8, Bath County

John's widow, Mary Graves, who is 85 VA and with her is her daughter Martha 40 VA. They are living with the family of Thomas 36 VA and Mary 34 VA last name Ross. Mary Ross is a daughter of Fuller. Thomas is a son of Thomas Ross and Fuller's daughter Eunice Putnam. Martha will be here with the Rosses in 1860 and 1870. Anyway, John Putnam died here back on April 14, 1837. Mary will die here herself on July 15, 1855.

JOSEPH PUTNAM Ashbys, Fauquier County

He is 57 VA, His new wife Nancy 60 VA, Lucy Ann 28 VA, Catherine S. 24 VA, Noah R. 21 VA, John B. 19 VA, Thornbury M. 18 VA and Elizabeth M. 16 VA. Nancy is a second wife. He was married Mary Gill in 1817, and she must have died in the early 1840s. He will be widowed again in 1860. He lives next door or probably on same farm as his folks Joseph D. Putnam and Sarah Ball.

JOSEPH D. (DARNEL) PUTNAM Ashbys, Fauquier County

Dad is 88 VA, Sarah Ball his wife 81 VA and their daughter Sarah 50 VA. He is the son of William Putnam II and Catherine Darnell. His dad died in the Revolution in Virginia about 1777. Joseph was born about 1761, and he married Sarah Ball here about 1791 or so. They will be here through the 1850 census where he is 88 and she is 81. This line is Southern and the only one to consistently use the original Putnam spelling.

LEVI J. PUTNAM Ashbys, Fauquier County

He is 22 VA and his wife Mary Ann Sudduth is 18 VA. They were just married in December na19. He is the eldest son of John Putman and Sophia Creel who are now in Gilmer County (soon to be in West Virginia). He will stay here in Fauquier County and be here in 1910 at age 84 VA.

ELIZABETH PUTNAM Ashbys, Fauquier County

Elizabeth Gill is the widow of Martin Putnam who died in 1845. She is living with her father, James Gill. Elizabeth is 28 VA, Martha 11 VA, Silas 8 VA and Rodney or Rodnor 5 VA. She has been having an affair with John F. Jackson, and will have two daughters in the 1850s. They will be here with her dad in 1860, and by 1880, Elizabeth will be living with her son Silas. Martha is the only child by Martin, the rest are by Jackson. There are many court records pertaining to this.

BARTEMOUS B. PUTNAM Ashbys, Fauquier County

Joseph's son is 48 VA and a miller like his father. His wife Frances E. Dulin is 33 VA and the children are Martha Ann 18 VA, Elizabeth F. 10 VA, Sarah M. 9 VA, Mary M. 6 VA, Richard H. 3 VA and Charles W. 1 VA. He is a son of Joseph Putnam and Mary Gill from here and was born in 1801.

WILLIAM G. W. PUTNAM Turners, Fauquier County

He is a son of Joseph D. Putnam Junior and Mary Gill and is 29 VA. His second wife, Elizabeth Butler, is 20 VA. There are no children yet, but there will be by 1860. He was born in January 1819. He married Landonia Hefflin, daughter of Lawson A. Hefflin on October 10, 1843. She died shortly thereafter and there were no children. He married again on September 6, 1847 to Elizabeth Butler, born July 1828. They are here through 1880 and then next door in Rappahannock County in 1900 and Elizabeth is widowed there by 1910. She will be there in 1920 at age 92.

JOHN PUTNAM District 17, Gilmer County

He has moved into what will become West Virginia in 1863. John is listed at 40 VA and Sophia Creel at 30 VA. This is wrong, he is 45 VA and she is 43 VA. Anyway, Levi has stayed back on he farm in Fauquier County and still here with the folks are Jane 22 VA, James 20 VA, Elizabeth 19 VA, Sally (Sarah) 18 VA, Jerry (Jeremiah) 17 VA, Anne 15 VA, Pency (listed as Somerville) 11 VA, Samuel 10 VA, Joseph 7 VA, John 6 VA and Mary (Amanda) 6 months VA.

SARAH PUTMAN West District, Hanover County

Hanover is in east central Virginia near Richmond. Sarah is 56 VA, and with her are her children Watson 25 VA, Nancy 24 VA, Sarah F. 21 VA, Cynthia B. 18 VA, Lucy E. 15 VA and Americus Barber or Barker 10 VA. This is the area Jeremiah Putnam came from before he headed to Guilford County in North Carolina. Perhaps she is a widow of one of his brothers, or just not a Putman at all. There are many Pitman and Patman families in the County.

JACOB PUTMAN District 24, Hampshire County

Jacob junior is the son of Jacob Putman and Rachel Adams. He is 28 VA and his wife Ellen is 30 VA. Children at the time were Rachel 8 VA, Statia 6 VA, Jacob 4 VA and Thomas 2 VA. Also here is his remarried mother Rachel Adams Cresap 64 VA and her second husband Charles Cresap 52 MD. Charles, by the way, will die in the next few years. Jacob Junior was born on April 4, 1822. He married Mary Ellen Edmundson in Allegany County, Maryland June 22, 1842. Ellen was a daughter of Thomas Edmundson and Anastatia Slagle, and was born March 16, 1822. The family will move to Washington County, Iowa in about 1854. They will live in Marion Township, about seven miles from Washington, Iowa. They had nine children. Jacob will die in July of 1894 and Mary Ellen in March of 1883. More can be found on this family in the section on IOWA PUTMANS. Then, of interest. Living here or next door is Ellen’s mother Statia 64 MD who has remarried to Adam Twigg or Trigg 46 MD.

JOSEPH W. (WILLIAM) PUTNAM District 69, Warren County

He is 32 VA and a carpenter. His wife Susan Frances Marshall is 29 VA. Kids are Mary J. 8 VA, William F. 5 VA and Alice S. 1 VA. With them are Charles Woodson 14 VA and Susan Bray 12 VA. No clues on the last two. He is a son of William Putnam and Pency Gill, and was born in Fauquier County in 1818 and married Susan in 1839. He will die here in 1854 and Susan is widowed in 1860 and in Shenandoah County in 1870. That is the last time I find her. The son William F. is there in 1880 and then in Maryland in the 1890s till he dies in 1932. Southern Putman Family.

WILLIAM R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM District 69, Warren County

Joe's brother is 31 VA and his wife Mary E. Croft is 30 VA. Children listed were James 5 VA, William R. 3 VA, Albert M. 2 VA and Lucinda G. 4 months VA. They are here through the 1880. He is a son of William Putnam and Pency Gill, and was born in Fauquier County in 1819. Southern Putman Family.

PENCYNTHIA PUTNAM District 69, Warren County

Pency Gill, William Putnam's widow, is now 52 VA. She was widowed here in 1840 as well. The family was in Fauquier County prior to that for many years. With her are her son Smith R. 22 VA and daughters Sarah E. 19 VA and Lucinda 16 VA. Southern Putman Family.

HENRY PUTNAM District 69, Warren County

Charles Henry Putnam is another of William Putnam and Pency Gill's kids. He is 28 VA, Caroline Loveless his wife is 27 VA. They have William 7 VA, Martha 5 VA and Leutha (Pensa Luetha Somerville) 2 VA. His first wife here is Caroline Ruth Loveless. She was a daughter of Luke Loveless and Mary Ridgeway. They were married December 9, 1841 in Warren County. Caroline will die in the 1860s, and Henry married Rebecca Milborn on November 7, 1865. Southern Putman Family.

VIRGINIA 1860 CENSUS

SARAH PUTMAN Alleghany County

Sarah Griffith is the widow of John Putman, son of Fuller and Sarah from Bath County. He has died in the past couple of years. Sarah is 33 VA and the children are Julia A. 13 VA, Eli 12 VA, Charles 10 VA, Joseph 8 VA, and Elizabeth 4 VA. Also there is Nancy Putman listed as age 55 VA who was listed in 1850 living with Orlando and Lucy Griffith. Orlando and Lucy are Sarah’s parents. Nancy is Fuller’s sister and both are children of John Putnam and Mary Graves. With her now is her brother Caleb Griffith age 19. Then there is Alexander Gilderwee age 55 born in Scotland and listed as blind and a pauper.

ELI PUTMAN Alleghany County

He is listed as 28 VA and his wife Nancy Griffith, another daughter of Orlando and Lucy Griffith, is 24 VA. Something wrong here as Eli was born in the 1822-1823 time period and should be about 38 and Nancy or Nannie about the same. To make things more confusing, there is also an Eli still shown in Fuller's family roughly the same age. Anyway, Eli and Nancy have Orlando J. 5 VA and John W. 3 VA. Elias Putnam is a son of Fuller and Sarah Putnam from Bath County. They both will die or disappear by 1870.

MARTHA PUTMAN Alleghany County

She is John and Mary’s daughter age 50 VA. She is living with the family of Thomas Ross (Sr.) who had married her sister Eunice. They were all in Bath County in 1850. Eunice is not in the 1860 census and must have died. Martha will be with the Rosses through 1880. She never married.

FULLER PUTMAN District 8, Bath County

He is a son of John and Mary Putnam and is now 63 VA, Sarah 63 VA, Rachel 30 VA, Elizabeth 28 VA, Peggy 26 VA, Eli 24 VA, Franklin (Albert in 1850) 22 VA, Samuel 20 VA and Robert 19 VA. The ages are way off from the 1850 plus 10 years. Peggy, shown as Margaret in 1870, never appeared in 1850. Possibly Albert married Peggy. At any rate, we never again hear of Albert Franklin. Eli for some reason has two listings, as he seems to be the one included here. Fuller and Sarah will have died by 1870. New England line.

JOSEPH PUTMAN Brandywine, Fauquier County

He is now 63 VA and a widower for the second time. At home are Lucy Ann 42 VA, Kitty 26 VA, Noah R. 25 VA (35), Mary Elizabeth 20 VA and Richard 14 VA. Richard is an orphan, his father was Bartemous Putnam. He is a son of Joseph Darnell Putman and Sarah Ball. He was born about 1794. He married Mary Gill on March 4, 1817. Mary died in the early 1840s. He had a new wife Nancy in 1850. Joseph will die sometime in the late 1870s. His will was probated March 24, 1879.

THORNBERRY N. PUTNAM Orlean, Fauquier County

He is an overseer 30 VA as is his wife Agnes Ball (listed as Agatha). Their children were Louisa 7 VA, Benjamin 5 VA, Nathaniel 3 VA and Pendleton 1 VA. Also with them is her mom, Rosalie Ball 67 VA and her brother Farley Ball 24 VA. He is a son of Joseph Putnam and Mary Gill.

NOAH R. PUTMAN Orlean, Fauquier County

Another of Joseph Putnam and Mary Gill's sons. He is a miller age 32 VA and unmarried. This was taken in August. He is also listed at home in a census taken there in July. Age should be 35 in both cases.

SALLY PUTMAN Salem, Fauquier County

She is 58 VA. She is living with Harrison 55 VA and Mary Ann (Polly) 48 VA Suddeth. Polly is her sister, and both are daughters of Joseph Putnam and Sarah Ball. Polly, by the way has 8 children at home.

WILLIAM G. PUTMAN Warrenton, Fauquier County

Another son of Joseph Putnam. He is 40 VA and works as a sawyer. His wife Elizabeth Butler is 29 VA, John William is 8 VA, George W. 4 VA, Frances R. 3 VA and Mary E. 8 months VA.

ELIZABETH PUTMAN Warrenton, Fauquier County

She is Elizabeth Gill, the widow of Martin S. Putman who died in 1845. Elizabeth is 38 VA, a seamstress, Martha Ann 18 VA, Rodney 15 VA, Silas W. 12 VA (really 17-18), Elizabeth 8 VA, Marianna 2 VA. Also with her is her widowed dad, James Gill, age 66 VA. Now, as to the two younger kids. Martin died back in the 1845, and Elizabeth was widowed here in 1850. Rumor and court cases have it that she had an affair with a neighbor, John A. Jackson, and had all the children except Martha with him.

SARAH & MARY PUTMAN Warrenton, Fauquier County

Sarah 17 VA and Mary 15 VA are two more of Bartemous Putman's orphaned kids who died here in 1859. Sarah is living with D. E. and M. J. Maholm family, Mary with William and Lucretia Wooden. Not certain of the connections here, probably good friends.

MARTHA A. PUTMAN Waterloo, Fauquier County

She is a daughter of Bartemous Putnam and Frances Dulin. Bartemous died in 1859 and Frances must also have died in the mid 1850s as their kids are spread out with several families (see more listings coming up). Martha is shown as 21 VA, Charles 12 VA, Lucy Ann 10 VA and Frances A. (Amanda) 7 VA. They are all Bartemous and Frances Putnam’s kids, and are living with their grandmother Charlotte Dulin 71 VA.

PUTNAMS & PUTMANS Gilmer County

These are all part of the family of John Putnam and Sophia Creel originally from Fauquier County. Gilmer County will become part of the State of West Virginia when it is formed in 1863. From 1870 on see the West Virginia Censuses to keep track of these folks. They were all farmers. This is a part of the Southern Putman Line.

JOHN PUTNAM Cox’s mills, Gilmer County

He is 58 VA, and his wife Sophia Creel 50 VA. At home are Maryann 32 VA, Pency 21 VA, Sarah 28 VA, Sophia A.19 VA, Joseph B. 17 VA, John 14 VA, and Amanda F. 10 VA. John Putman was born in Fauquier County on April 26, 1802. He married Sophia Creel in Fauquier County on December 4, 1826. Sophia was a daughter of Harrison Creel and Elizabeth Lear. Sophia was born in Fauquier County on November 2, 1807. It was this family that traveled into Gilmer County in the mid 1840s with the exception of the eldest child, Levi, who remained in the area and took over the original family farm. John died in Gilmer County on December 12, 1862 and Sophia died there on March 3, 1865. It was by then West Virginia. The northern Virginia Colonies had refused to join the Confederate States of America, and West Virginia became a state. This is most likely why they moved this way in the first place. They are both buried in Baldwin, West Virginia.

JAMES PUTMAN Cox’s Mills, Gilmer County

John and Sophie's son is 31 VA, Lydia E. Cox is 32 VA and they have John Joseph 4 VA and Albert J. 1 VA. He was born in 1830. He was married three times. He first married Louvinia Stull on December 11, 1854. They had one son, John Joseph Putman, according to another researcher. He then married Lydia Ellen Cox on February 11, 1858. They had Albert Jonathan Putman. He then married Sarah Catherine Dully in Gilmer County on January 4, 1879. In 1880 they had John Monroe Putman age 1. She was 27 and he 49 when they were married. James served in the CSA during the Civil War. He died in 1909 in Braxton County, West Virginia. In 1920, Sarah then 68 is living with her son John Monroe Putman.

JEREMIAH PUTMAN Gilmer County

He is another of John and Sophia's children. Cox’s Mills, He is 22 and Margaret Jane Miller is 18. They were just married here on September 15, 1859.

JONATHAN PUTMAN Cox’s Mills, Gilmer County

He is 1 month old enumerated with John and Florence Wattensworth and four miscellaneous other children. He is the newly born son of James and Lydia. No idea why he is here, perhaps this is a hospital of sorts.

SAMUEL PUTMAN Glenville, Gilmer County

More of John's family. He is 22 VA, and his wife Mariah E. Ratcliffe is 17 born in Lewis Co. VA. With them is a Nancy Woods 5 months old. I have no idea how Nancy fits in here. He was born September 27, 1836. He married Mariah Elizabeth Ratliff on February 2, 1860. She was born in December 1841 in Pocahontas County, Virginia. She was a daughter of William Ratliff and Lucretia Wallace. Samuel died in Gilmer County on January 11, 1869. Mariah and the kids were in Pike County, Missouri in the 1880 census. Mariah died in Pike County on November 3, 1910. She is buried in New Harmony, Pike County.

GEORGE PUTNAM Clarksville, Mecklenburg County

He is George William Putman from New York, a railroad conductor. He is 42 NY, Helen Maars Burch, his wife, 29 NY, Bannister (George Bannister) 4 NY, Sarah Frances 2 CAN-West (born in Easton Corners, Ontario). His brother Ellis (Marcellus) 32 NY is there as well. George and Ellis are sons of Peter Putman Junior and Margaret Saunders from Livingston County, New York. They were all there in 1850. They will all return soon to New York. George will die and his brother Ellis will marry Helen and be in Springwater, Livingston County, New York in 1870 through 1900 with these kids. Helen is widowed there in 1910. This is a Dutch family, the line goes George > Peter > Peter > Victor > David > Johannes Poutman.

W. R. (WILLIAM ROBERT) PUTMAN Buckton, Warren County

He is William Robert Putman, son of William Putman and Pency Gill. He is a merchant 41 VA, Mary E. Croft 40 VA, James K. 15 VA, William R. 14 VA, Albert M. 12 VA, Lucy G. 11 VA, Sarah E. 8 VA, Marcus Alexander 5 VA, Horace B. 3 VA and Susan J. 2 VA. They are here through the 1880, kids still around in 1900 and onwards. This is part of the Southern Putman Family in Fauquier County up until the 1830s.

C. H. (CHARLES HENRY) PUTMAN Front Royal, Warren County

He is a mason 39 VA, Caroline Loveless 38 VA, William R. 17 VA, Martha 14 VA, Pensethia L. 12 VA, Josiah 6 VA and Richard H. 2 VA. Caroline will die here in a year or so. Charles will then marry Rebecca Millborn here on November 7, 1865 right after the Civil War. He is a son of William and Pency Putnam from here. This is part of the Southern Putman Family in Fauquier County up until the 1830s. The daughter Pency will be over the border in Jefferson County West Virginia in 1870 and then marry George Collins January 8, 1874.

S. (SMITH) R. PUTMAN Waterlick, Warren County

This is Smith R. Putman 36 VA and Mary Louisa Andrews 37 VA. They have Bettie 7 VA and William H. 6 VA. He is a son of William and Pency Putnam, and was home with his mom in 1860. He married Mary here in 1861. They are here forever. He will die here July 10, 1885. This is part of the Southern Putman Family in Fauquier County up until the 1830s.

SUSAN PUTMAN Waterlick, Warren County

She is Susan Marshall, the widow of Joseph William Putman who died here in 1854. She is listed as 38 VA a seamstress and a pauper. Mary 17 VA, William 15 VA, Alice 11 VA and Thomas 8 VA are at home with her. They are all in Shenandoah County in 1870. This is part of the Southern Putman Family in Fauquier County up until the 1830s.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Waterlick, Warren County

He is a son of Charles Henry Putman, and is also listed in that family as you will see in the next listing. In this listing he is listed with Nancy Steed and her kids. One of the children is Ruth Ann Steed and William will be marrying her in 1863. Both William and Ruth Ann are shown in this report as being 17 VA. This is part of the Southern Putman Family in Fauquier County up until the 1830s.

VIRGINIA 1870 CENSUS

SARAH PUTNAM Clifton, Alleghany County

John's widow is still here at age 43 VA now. Eli (William Eli) is 22 VA, Charles F. 20 VA, Joseph 18 VA, Elizabeth R. 15 VA. Also still there is her sister in law Nancy Putman now age 65 VA. Then there is a John Putman age 14 VA who I think is a son of Eli who has died.

NANCY PUTNAM Williamsville, Bath County

This listing is some confusion. First we get three unmarried sisters, all daughters of Fuller and Sarah. Nancy is 57 VA, Rachel is 50 VA and Betsy (Elizabeth) is 47 VA. Margaret is 24 VA. Then in the next house, or at least family unit, we get Elizabeth's son (out of wedlock) Charles Francisco Putman age 20 VA and his brand new wife Agnes K. Rowe age 23 VA. There is also Alexander Putman age 21 VA who is the second of Betsy's two sons. Margaret Ross Putnam is the wife of Samuel Putnam, Fuller’s son. She will be single with four kids in Doddridge County, West Virginia in 1880. Then there is Emma Putman listed as being 4 years old born in West Virginia who is Sam and Margaret’s daughter. Fuller's family was a form of hippie commune back in those days, a large and confusing extended family of sorts. But heck, that family was from Sutton, Massachusetts where all the Putnams intermarried and intermarried.

MARTHA PUTMAN Millboro, Bath County

She is still living with Thomas Ross Junior and his wife Mary Putnam Ross and family and is now 60 years old. She is John and Mary Putnam’s daughter who never married.

ORLANDO J. (JORDAN) PUTMAN Millboro, Bath County

Eli's son is now also living with the Thomas and Mary Ross brood. His folks died a few years ago. He is now 17 years old. He will be marrying Mary Ann Ross, who is here and a daughter of Thomas Ross and Mary Putnam, here on December 3, 1874. A tad more ‘incest’ of sorts. First Cousins. Also to add more spice, Thomas Ross’s mother was Eunice Putnam who was a daughter of John and Mary Putnam from Bath County.

MARSH PUTNAM Manchester, Chesterfield County

He is 21 PA. He is a brakeman on the railroad and is boarding with a bunch of others. In the 1850 there was a Marshall P. Mann age 11 in Chester County Pennsylvania. I’ll bet this is who this guy is. He isn’t a Putnam or Putman as far as I can figure.

DRUIT PUTNAM Fort Monroe, Elizabeth City County

He is a soldier 30 NY. Name is De Witt, fairly common name for New York folks. Here he is in 1870 CA: DEWITT C. PUTMAN  Petaluma Township, Sonoma County. DeWitt Clinton Putnam is listed as 40 NY, a wagon maker.  His wife, Rebecca Ann Townsend, is 30 MD.  The children are: Charles 10 IL, and George 2 CA. They were in Madison County Illinois in 1860. DeWitt Clinton Putnam or Putman was born in Palmyra, Wayne County March 21, 1830 and will die in Petaluma, Sonoma County California January 15, 1901. DeWitt Clinton Putnam was born in Palmyra, Wayne County March 21, 1830 and will die in Petaluma, Sonoma County California January 15, 1901. He first appears in Palmyra in 1850 single age 20 living with Alvesta P. Crandall. There is a birth record that Stephen Putnam and his wife Dorcas Smith from Connecticut had a son DeWitt born March 31, 1830. They both died here in the early 1830s so he was raised by some else.

VIOLA PUTNAM Providence, Fairfax County

She is 23 NY and has a son Augustus C. Putnam 4 VA with her. She is with her parents M. A. and M. A. Commins also from New York. She and her folks were here in Fairfax County in 1860 as well. She was 13 NY and single of course then. She married John Wesley Putnam from Livingston County, New York in the 1864-65 range. He may have been here in the Union Army as that was the time the Civil War was over. Or more likely, his two older brothers George and Ellis Putnam were in Virginia in 1860 working on the railroad in Mecklenburg County. He may have come down to also work on the railroad after the War. John Wesley was a son of Peter Putman and Margaret Saunders from Livingston County, New York. Dutch family. Augustus will be here with his grandparents in 1880 and then be married to Nellie McCreery in Arlington, Alexandria County in 1900 through 1920 and widowed there in 1930 and longer. John Wesley seems to have a new wife Anna by 1875 back inBroome County New York. Dutch folks.

LEVI J. PUTNAM Cedar Run, Fauquier County

Couldn't find him in 1860, but he is still around now. He is a son of John and Sophia and is now 47 VA, Mary Ann Suddeth his wife is 35 VA. Children now are Frederick 17 VA, Alice 15 VA, Janie 12 VA, Ida 8 VA, Mason 5 VA and Matilda 2 VA. Mary’s brother James Sudduth and his wife Martha live next door. I don't find the family in 1880 as the kids seem to be over the age the Soundex picks up, but I do pick him back up in 1900. Southern Putnams like everyone in the County.

SILAS PUTNAM Scott, Fauquier County

He is 21 VA and his wife Ann Eliza Wines is 20 VA. They were married here October 30, 1869. They will have 5 children before she dies December 29, 1879, leaving him a widower in 1880. He is ‘listed’ as a son of Martin Putnam and Elizabeth Gill, but it seems his real father was John A. Jackson. He will marry Mary Ann Saunders April 20, 1881 and they are in Fairfax County in 1900.

ELIZABETH PUTMAN Warrenton, Fauquier County

She is 25 VA and living with Enoch and Susan J. Jeffries as a housekeeper. Mary Elizabeth Putnam is one of Bartemous Putman's orphaned kids. He died here in 1859. She and her brothers and sisters were all over the place in 1860.

JOHN B. PUTNAM Warrenton, Fauquier County

This is John Barton Putnam, son of Joseph Putnam and Mary Gill. He lives next to his folks and is shown as 40 VA, Elizabeth Ann Freeman is 40 VA, Winter (Joseph Winter) is 10 VA, John B. (Jr.) 6, Roberta 4 VA and Lucy A. 2 VA. He was born on January 31, 1830. He married Elizabeth Ann Freeman on March 25, 1854. Elizabeth was actually a year older than John. In 1880 and 1900 they are here in Fauquier County. He died June 30, 1900. Southern Putnams like everyone in the County.

JOSEPH PUTNAM Warrenton, Fauquier County

He is listed as 75 VA and still running the mill. All his unmarried kids are still with him, and their ages are way off as well. They are Lucy Ann 40 VA, Catherine 38 VA, Elizabeth 31 VA and Noah R. 45 VA. Then there is a Frances S. and she is listed as 15. She is another of the orphaned children of his younger brother Bartemous Putman. He is a son of Joseph Darnell Putnam and Sarah Ball. He was born about 1794. He married Mary Gill on March 4, 1817. Mary died in the early 1840s. He had a new wife Nancy in 1850. Joseph will die sometime in the late 1870s. His will was probated March 24, 1879. Southern Putnams like everyone in the County.

MARY PUTNAM Warrenton, Fauquier County

She is 21 VA living with a family whose name I can’t make out. I would guess she is 25 and one of Bartemous Putnam’s orphaned kids as shown here in 1860.

SALLY PUTMAN Warrenton, Fauquier County

Sarah is still here and living with Harrison and Polly Suddeth. She is now shown as 61 VA. Polly is her sister, and both are daughters of Joseph Putnam and Sarah Ball.

THORNBERRY PUTMAN Warrenton, Fauquier County

He is another of Joseph's young 'ens. He is 34 VA. His wife Agnes Ball is shown as 44 VA. Children are Elizabeth 16 VA, Benjamin 14 VA, Nathaniel Ball 12 VA, Joseph P. 10 VA, Thomas H. 7 VA and Thornberry (Jr.) 2 VA. It may be that both Thorny's full names are Martin Thornberry Putman. He is a son of Joseph Putnam and Mary Gill. They are in Rappahannock

WILLIAM G. (GEORGE) PUTNAM Warrenton, Fauquier County

He is 50 VA, Elizabeth Butler is 42 VA, John W. 19VA, George 16 VA, Frances 14 VA, Mary 12 VA, Joseph 7 VA and Edward 6 VA. Then there is a Martha Putman age 30 living with them. She must be Martin Putnam and Sarah Gill's daughter. She was with her mother here in Warrenton in 1860 and her mother has since died. William is a son of Joseph Darnell Putnam and Mary Gill from here. He was born in January 1819. He married Landonia Hefflin, daughter of Lawson A. Hefflin on October 10, 1843. She died shortly thereafter and there were no children. He married again on September 6, 1847 to Elizabeth Butler, born July 1828. He was living next door to his father in the 1860 census. In 1900 both he and Elizabeth are living with their son Edward in Rappahannock County. William died in the early 1900s and is buried in Amosville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. Elizabeth at age 82 is still with Edward in the 1910 census and is still there in 1920 at age 92. Southern Putnams like everyone in the County.

ALICE PUTMAN Opequon, Frederick County

She is 20 VA and living with John and Mary Hodgson. Mary may be her sister. They might be daughters of Joseph William Putman and Susan Marshall. Not certain.

ANDREW J. PUTMAN Portsmouth, Norfolk County

He is 37 NH, Nancy Ferebee 38 NC, Mary Ann 8 VA, Sarah Jane 4 VA, and Rachel 2 VA. He is a laborer. He is Andrew Jackson Putnam, son of Ephraim Hildreth Putnam and Susannah Ford of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He was born there in 1832. He was home there in 1850 and gone off somewhere by 1860. He will die here November 6, 1880.

THOMAS B. (BURTON) PUTNAM Gainesville, Prince William County

He is 28 NH and is working on a farm. He is Thomas Burton Putnam, a son of Ephraim Hildreth Putnam and Susannah Ford of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He is a brother of Andrew Putnam listed above in Portsmouth, and was home there in 1850. He is a farmer and still single here in 1880 and 1900

WILLIAM PUTNAM City of Richmond

He is a Sea Captain 38 NY, Ellen Ragan 29 IRE, Frederick 11 NY, Augusta (Helen in 1860 in NY) 9 NY and Sedgwick (William Sedgwick) 7 NY. He married Ellen in Troy, New York on September 1, 1852. They were in Syracuse, New York in the 1860. He was a policeman then. He is a son of David Putman and Ann Vrooman from Montgomery then Onondaga County New York. Dutch family. He will shortly operate a Burlesque theater here.

WILLIAM F. PUTMAN Davis, Shenandoah County

He is 25 VA and works on a farm, Effie V. Anderson 20 VA and Minnie Lee 1 VA. Also there is his mom, Susan F. Putman 48. She is Susan Marshall, the widow of Joseph William Putman. Joseph was a son of William Putman and Pency Gill from Fauquier County and then Warren County. They were in Warren County up till now. William was born August 25, 1845. He married Eva Virginia Anderson, born in November 1846, on December 3, 1868 and he died in Laurel, Maryland February 27, 1932. They are in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland in 1900 with four more kids. In 1920 and 1930 just he and Eva are in Laurel, Prince George’s County where they will remain.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Newville, Sussex County

He is 21 MD a farm laborer on a farm of Mary Dick 49 NJ. Can’t find him in Maryland in 1850 or 1860.

SMITH PUTMAN Front Royal, Warren County

He is shown as 26 VA and Louisa Andrews his wife as 25 VA. They should be 46 and 40 roughly at this time. Anyway, kids are listed as Bettie 16 VA, William 13 VA, Frances 5 VA, twins Sallie and Robert 4 VA and Mary 1 VA. Their son William is also listed with Peter and Nancy Stickley as a farm laborer. He is a son of William Putman and Pency Gill. He was born in about 1827. He was 22 living with his sisters Sarah and Lucinda in the 1850 census. He married Mary Louisa Andrews in Warren County, Virginia in 1851. They are in Cedarville, Warren County in 1880. He died July 10, 1885.

WILLIAM R. (ROBERT) PUTMAN Front Royal, Warren County

He is 51 VA as is Mary Eliza Croft his wife. Kids at home are William R. Junior 23 VA a carpenter, Albert M. 22 VA listed as crippled, Lucy G. 20 VA, Sarah E. 18 VA, Marcus A. 15 VA, Horace B. 13 VA, Susan J. 11 VA and Mary L. 9 VA. He is William Robert Putman, son of William Putman and Pency Gill. He was born about 1819. He is a house carpenter. In 1880 they are still living in Warren County, Virginia at age 60 and Mary E. was 59. By 1900, a bunch of his unmarried children are all living together and are still there in 1910.

CHARLES H. (HENRY) PUTMAN Buckton Station, Warren County

He is a stonemason 48 VA. His new wife Rebecca Millburn is 33 VA, and they have David L. 3 VA, Theodore D. 2 VA Cornelius E. 4/12 VA. He is a son of William and Pency Gill from here. He was born about 1821. His first wife was Caroline Ruth Loveless. They were married December 9, 1841 in Warren County, Virginia. Caroline died in the early 1860s, and Henry married Rebecca Milburn on November 7, 1865. They are here in 1880. He died in 1895 at age 74. Rebecca is widowed here in 1900

JAMES K. P. PUTMAN Buckton Station, Warren County

He is 23 VA and a house carpenter, Alice L. Steed is 21 VA, Cora E. 2 VA and Victor B. 1 VA. He is William R. and Mary Putman's eldest son. He was born January 30, 1845 and died May 9, 1916. He married Alice L. Steed on October 4, 1866. She was a daughter of Thomas and Mary Steed and was born in 1847. In 1880 they are still living in Warren County. Alice's folks are living next door to them now and in 1880. In 1900 James is shown as widowed and the same in 1910 when he is 65 year old.

SARAH E. PUTMAN Buckton Station, Warren County

She is 15 VA and living with George and Virginia Gilbert next door to William R. Putman. She is listed as ‘in this family.’ I think she is Bill’s sister.

WILLIAM R. F. PUTMAN Buckton Station, Warren County

He is 28 VA, Ruth Ann Steed is 27 VA, Charles Henry 5 VA and Sandy E. 1 VA. Also there is Rebecca Rutten (?) age 17 VA. William Robert F. Putman is a son of Charles Henry Putman and Caroline Loveless. He was born November 10, 1842. He married Ruth Ann Steed on August 27, 1863. She was born in 1842 and was a daughter of John and Nancy Steed. He is listed as Robert F. Putman in 1900. In 1920, he and Ruth Ann are around both at ages 77 and 78. He died here June 20, 1930

VIRGINIA 1880 CENSUS

WILLIAM ELI PUTMAN Covington, Alleghany County

He is a son of John and Sarah Putnam of Bath County. He is 28 VA VA VA and his wife Maggie is listed as 38 VA but it is most likely 28 as well. Kids are John A. 6 VA, Isabella 4 VA and Hattie Ann 1 VA. Living near him is his mother Sarah, who is now a widow and living with his sister Julia. He is back in Bath County in 1900 with a new young wife Mary. They are there in 1920 when he is 72 and Mary 49.

SARAH PUTMAN Covington, Alleghany County

William's mom is the widow of John Putnam and 54 VA VA VA. She is living in the home of her daughter, Julia Hinebaugh 34 VA and her husband Johnethero Hinebaugh 62 VA.

CHARLES F. (FRANCISCO) PUTMAN Williamsville, Bath County

He is 29 VA as is his wife Agnes K. Rowe. Children are a daughter Lou Summers 9 VA, Alexander 7 VA, Nancy E. 6 VA, Robert W. 3 VA, and Ezekiel B. 1 VA. Then the family includes his mother Elizabeth Putman 58 VA, and two aunts, Nancy 68 VA and Rachel 60 VA. Elizabeth, Nancy and Rachel are daughters of Fuller and Sarah Putman. Now in 1850, Fuller had a Charles 8 months old listed, but Elizabeth was his unwed mother living at home.

CHARLES F. (FULLER?) PUTNAM Millboro, Bath County

He is 35 VA and his wife, a cousin, Mahala Griffith is 25 VA. Kids are Ella F. 8 VA, Laura K. 6 VA and Marion 1 a son. He is John Putnam and Sarah Griffith's son. Mahala is a daughter (I think) of Sarah’s brother Charles Griffith). Her brother Charles Griffith 22 VA and her mother Lucy 50 VA are living with them. Lots of intermarrying here. Charles was born in January 1844. He married Mahala Griffith October 26, 1870. They are in Bath County through 1910. In 1920 Mahala is a widow, age 68, living with her son George F. Putman who will be born here February 29, 1884. A genuine Leap Year Baby. Again, all the folks in Bath and Alleghany Counties are from Massachusetts a couple of generations back.

JOHN PUTNAM Millboro, Bath County

He lives right next door to these next two groups. He is 24 and his wife Elizabeth Oiler is 21 and they have a daughter Nancy 1. Now there is a marriage record in Alleghany County of John H. Putman age 21 marrying Elizabeth Oiler 16 on November 23, 1876. This record states John's parents were Eli and Nannie Putnam. Eli was a son of Fuller.

MARTHA PUTNAM Millboro, Bath County

This is the old John and Mary's daughter, she is 70 VA and listed as an aunt in the family of Thomas and Nancy Ross. Nancy is 66 VA and is Thomas' second wife. Martha is Thomas' aunt.

SALLY PUTNAM Millboro, Bath County

She is 26 VA with a daughter Evelen 6 VA. She is in the same Ross family listed just above. She is listed as a widow and a daughter of Thomas. She had married Joseph Putnam, a son of John Putnam and Sarah Griffith. Joe was killed while working on the C & O Railroad in 1874. Sally will soon go on to marry Brian Wood in Alleghany County, Virginia on December 1, 1884.

ORLANDO J. (JORDAN) PUTNAM Millboro, Bath County

He is 27 VA VA VA, his wife Mary Ann Ross is 30 VA. Children are Susan V. 9 VA, Eli Franklin 5 VA and Mary Frances 1 VA. He is another one of Eli's sons. He was born here July 19, 1855 and married Mary Ann December 3, 1874. They will be in Alleghany County in 1900, and he will have a new wife Virginia Smith by 1910 and she will be widowed there in 1930.

AUGUSTUS C. (COMMINS) PUTMAN Providence, Fairfax County

He is 14 VA NY NY and a grandson of M. A. and Andalusia Cummins from New York. He was here in 1870 and had his widowed mother Viola Commins Putnam 23 NY with him. He is Augustus Commins Putnam, a son of John Wesley Putnam from New York state and Viola Commins from here in Fairfax County. John Wesley was a son of Peter Putman and Margaret Saunders from Livingston County, New York. Dutch family. He will be married in Arlington, Alexandria County in 1900 through 1920.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

He is 24 VA and his wife Louisa Alice Fishback is 19 VA. They have Louisa H. 7/12 VA. His brothers Nate and Joe are here too and listed next. They are sons of Thornberry Putnam and Agnes E. Ball from here. Ben was born May 1, 1856. Alice Louisa Fishback was born March 10, 1862 and died February 8, 1934. They were married May 22, 1878. They are here through 1930. He died February 9, 1938 and they are both buried in Orlean, Fauquier County.

NATHANIEL & JOSEPH P. PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

These are two of Benjamin's brothers and are living with him. Both are single. Nathaniel is 22 VA and Joseph 21 VA. Nathaniel will be in Frederick County, Maryland by 1900. Joseph will be married here in Marshall in 1900. Nathaniel Ball Putman was born in September 1857. In 1900 he is in Frederick County Maryland and has a wife named Sallie Anderson, born in Virginia in November 1863. I do not find them in 1920. Joseph Pendleton Putman was born in 1859. He married someone July 7, 1883. In 1900 he is widowed with a bunch of kids. In 1910 and 1920, he is still here with his new young wife, Eva McCormick and two more children. I don’t find them in 1930, but he is around and won’t die till 1934. Eva was born in 1885 and will be around till she dies here in 1978 at age 93.

N. (NOAH) R. PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

Joseph's son is 56 and still a miller. It does not look like he ever married. With him are his unmarried sisters Lucy Ann 62, Kitty S. (Catherine) 59 and Elizabeth M. 52.

JOHN BARTON PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

Another of Joseph's sons, born January 1, 1830. He is a farmer 50 VA and his wife Elizabeth Ann Freeman is 51 VA. Kids at home are Joseph M. 21 VA a chair maker, John B. Jr. 16 VA works on his dad’s farm, Ann R. 14 VA, Lucy C. 11 VA, N.R.L. (Noah Robert Lee) 9 VA, E. Virginia 6 VA. Also there is Lucy E. Putman 21 VA, a cousin. I think she is Thornberry’s daughter.

SILAS PUTNAM Center, Fauquier County

He is a son of Elizabeth Gill Putnam widow of Martin Putnam, except it seems his real father was John Jackson who was playing around with Elizabeth. The house they are in was given to them by Jackson. In fact mom is with him. He is 32 VAand a widow since Ann Eliza Wines has died December 29, 1879. Kids are William 9 VA, Ernest 8 VA, Anne 5 VA, Mary 4 VA and Flora 2 VA. His mother Elizabeth Gill is 50. He will marry Mary Ann Saunders here on April 20, 1881. They are in Fairfax County in 1900 and she will die in late 1900, and he will have yet another wife, Eliza Hewett, in 1901.

F. (FREDERICK) PUTMAN Cedar Run, Fauquier County

This is Frederick Putman, Levi Putnam and Mary Ann Sudduth's son. He is a miller 28 VA, his wife Virginia Jeffries is 26 VA and they have Howard 4 VA and Arthur 2 VA at the time. They were married here May 1, 1873. In 1900, Virginia is with Levi and appears to be a widow with two daughters. I do not know what happened to the son Arthur or to Fred. The son Howard Jeffries was born September 4, 1876. He will work for the railroad and be killed in an accident on December 7, 1904. I don't find any of them in 1910.

M. C. PUTNAM Richmond, Henrico County

He is a clerk for the Railroad Company 30 NH NH NH, Ida Bolling his wife is 20 PA PA PA. Also here is her sister Lizzie Bolling 17 PA. He might be Marcellus Putnam from Lebanon, Grafton County, NH. In 1850 and 1860, he was home with his folks John C. Putnam and Jane Weston. Can’t find him anywhere in 1870. Just a guess, but most likely him.

WILLIAM W. PUTNAM Richmond, Henrico County

They were here in 1870. He is 40 (really is 48) NY NY NY and works for a theater, Ellen Ragan is 45 IRE, Frederick W. is 21 NY a bar keeper, Ella 18 NY, and Sedgwick 18 NY. He runs a boarding house over the Theater I guess as there are also a bunch of actors and actresses and musicians living here. He married Ellen in Troy, New York on September 1, 1852. They were in Syracuse, New York in the 1860. He was a policeman then. He is a son of David Putman and Ann Vrooman from Montgomery then Onondaga County New York. Dutch family. They will be here in 1900 and he will be the Burlesque Theatre Manager by then. There was this interesting article. The Theater started out in 1852 as a Presbyterian Church and then converted to a bar and theater in the 1870s. “It started in 1828 as the First Presbyterian Church on the north side of Franklin above 14th Street. This haven of saints became a harbor for other activities in 1853, when the congregation moved to a new building at 10th and Capitol streets. The large four-story structure with a full basement was re-christened as the Metropolitan Theater and later as the more exotic-sounding Theatre Comique. It was a busy venue that hosted lectures, theater productions and even political conventions. The Metropolitan was ideally situated in the thriving hotel and boardinghouse district on East Franklin, south of Capitol Square, between Governor and 14th streets. Nearby were the well-known Exchange and Ballard hotels. A portion of the site is occupied today by the former B.T. Crump building, now part of a recent renovation effort transforming it into apartments and retail space under the name Shockoe Commons on Main Street Apartment Homes. Kathryn Fuller-Seely, in her Celebrate Richmond Theater, quotes an 1870 advertisement for the Metropolitan. The text emphasizes getting women in to attract men, and the social tenor of the time. This broadside is reminiscent of a shouting corner barker: “Metropolitan/Theatre Comique Now Open For the Season. Houses Packed. Ladies Delighted. ... The Company pronounced to be the best ever In this city. A tremendous Saturday Night Bill. Miss Eloise Clyde, by special request, will sing ‘Wearing of The Gray.’ Miss Belle Graham in new songs and dances. Johnny Brasset in new Negro acts, songs and dances. The performance to conclude with the great moral drama Of Jack Sheppard, introducing a thrilling and startling Hanging scene, a warning to all — an example to none.” The Theatre Comique converted the church’s basement into a barroom. Former Sunday-school rooms became dressing areas for dancing girls, baggy-pants comics and liquor-cask storage. Architectural historian Mary Wingfield Scott sniffed that it was a “questionable variety house.” For a short time, it was managed by Capt. W.W. Putnam, a New York-born boat builder. The old church-turned-joint was demolished in 1882. Putnam wasn’t new to town. He arrived prior to the Civil War and opened “a grog shop” in Rocketts dockyards (near where the Annabel Lee used to anchor). Two of his boats were blown up in the river during the Evacuation Fire of April 1865. The occupation government offered him a compensation patronage job as a captain in the Richmond police force. He was dismissed in 1870 when the federal occupation government ended, but Putnam stayed in town. On the second floor of 923 E. Broad St., he opened a theater he dubbed The Lyric. Five years later he moved into the worn Theatre Comique. By 1879, he’d moved the operation to 1311-13 E. Franklin St. and named it Putnam’s Theater. The site is partly occupied today by the Jefferson state office building. Putnam’s place rollicked as a burlesque house more in the style of vaudeville comics and leggy dancers than the striptease later associated with the term. Putnam hired more actors and acquired a pit orchestra directed by pianist Charles Neisz “from Nevada.” It was a Damon Runyon sort of place, where at all hours cops, cardsharps, novelty performers, journalists — and a few stray politicians — drifted in and out. Memoirist George Rogers noted in the Richmond News Leader in 1956 that the bevy of Putnam girls “solicited business for the bar operated by Putnam on the corner of Governor and Franklin … where drinks were served by white waiters.” By 1900, Putnam’s Theater was in Richmond’s unofficial but actual red-light district. Gambling houses, saloons and brothels crowded the narrow streets and alleys east of Capitol Square into Shockoe Valley. Putnam died in 1905. The place was renamed the Theatre Comique, then briefly, perhaps to recapture old glory, The Lyric. Widow Ellen Putnam, her son Fred, manager Abo Smith and leading man John West ran the business. By then, concerned citizens urged action against the proliferation of vice. Rogers wrote, “The city in 1908 suggested that the venture be discontinued by refusing it a license.”

ANDREW J. PUTNAM Portsmouth, Norfolk County

He is 48 NH, Nancy Ferebee his wife 40 VA, Rachel 12 VA, Elizabeth 10 VA and Annie 5 VA. He is an oysterman. They were here in 1870. He is Andrew Jackson Putnam, son of Ephraim Hildreth Putnam and Susannah Ford of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He was born there in 1832, and will die here later this year on November 6, 1880.

THOMAS B. PUTNAM Gainesville, Prince William County

He is 38 NH NH MA, single and a farmer. He is Thomas Burton Putnam, son of Ephraim Hildreth Putnam and Susannah Ford of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He was born there in April 1842. He has 4 servants, a housekeeper and 3 farm helpers, living with him. He is here in 1900.

THORNBERRY PUTNAM Jackson, Rappahannock County

He’s moved over from Fauquier County. He is now 48 VA, a farmer, Agnes Ball, his wife 50 VA, Elizabeth 26 VA, Nathaniel 21 VA, Joseph 18 VA, Thomas16 VA, Thornberry (Jr.) 12 VA. He is a son of Joseph Darnell Putman Jr. and Mary Gill from Fauquier County. He was born there in October 1832. He married Agnes E. Ball in Fauquier County on December 26, 1853. They were in Fauquier County in 1860 and 1870, and he is widowed here in 1900 and then 1910 at age 78.

WILLIAM F. PUTMAN Shenandoah County

He is listed as 35 VA, Eva Virginia Anderson is 32 VA, Charles 4 VA and Fanny B. 2 VA. He is a son of Joseph William Putman and Susan Marshall from Fauquier and then Warren County. He was born August 25, 1845. He married Eva Virginia Anderson, born in November 1846, on December 3, 1868 and died in Laurel, Maryland February 27, 1932. He was in Shenandoah County, Virginia in 1870 with his widowed mother, and will be in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland in 1900 with four more kids. In 1920 and 1930 just he and Eva are in Laurel, Prince George’s County Maryland where they will remain the rest of their lives. Their son Charles will be in Clarke County, Virginia by 1910.

SMITH PUTMAN Cedarville, Warren County

He is 45 VA, his wife Mary Louisa Andrews is 50 VA. Kids at home are Frances 18 VA, and twins Robert Lee and Sarah Jane 14 VA. There is also a Perry N. 8 VA listed as a grandchild. The only possible is he was a kid of William and a first wife, or he wasn’t a Putman and belongs to He doesn’t appear again so no other ideas. He is a son of William Putman and Pency Gill. He was born in about 1827. He was 22 living with his sisters Sarah and Lucinda in the 1850 census. He married Mary Louisa Andrews in Warren County, Virginia in 1851. They were in Front Royal, Warren County in 1870. He will die here on July 10, 1885.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Cedarville, Warren County

He is 27 VA and his wife Martha Ann Ritenour 26 VA. They were just married and are living in a house owned by Jones and Mary Ritenour who are her parents. He is a son of the above Smith and Louisa Putman. He was born April 24, 1853 and died in 1928. He married Martha A. Ritenour in Warren County on November 16, 1879. She was born in June 1856 and was a daughter of Thomas and Mary Ritenour. She died in 1916.

AUGUSTUS PUTMAN Fork Township, Warren County

He is 19 VA and a cooper living with the family of G. W. and Eliza Ann Settle. His full name is William Augustus Putman. He is a son of Lucinda Putman who was an unwed daughter of William Putman and Pency Gill from here in Warren County. He is married to Clara Green in Staunton, Augustus County in 1900 and 1910 and Clara is widowed there in 1920.

HENRY PUTMAN Fork Township, Warren County

Charles Henry Putman is now 60 VA, and his second wife Rebecca Milburn is only 43 VA. Kids at home are David L. 17 VA, Theodore D. 10 VA and Cornelius E. 8 VA. He is a son of William and Pency Gill from here. He was born about 1821, and according to a later marriage certificate, was born in Prince William County. He lists himself in the census returns as Henry Putman. His first wife was Caroline Ruth Loveless. She was a daughter of Luke Loveless and Mary Ridgeway. They were married December 9, 1841 in Warren County, Virginia. Caroline died in the 1860s, and Henry married Rebecca Milburn on November 7, 1865. The first six children were by his first wife, Caroline, and the last three with Rebecca. In 1880, Henry was 60 and Rebecca was only 43. He died in 1895 at age 74. He is a stone mason.

JAMES PUTMAN Fork Township, Warren County

He is 35 VA, and his wife Alice L. Steed is 32 VA. Their children are Cora E. 12 VA, Victor B. 11 VA, James T. 9 VA, Edgar F. 4 VA and Edith J. 1 VA. Alice's widowed father lives next door. He is William Robert and Mary Putman's eldest son. He was born January 30, 1845 and died May 9, 1916. He married Alice L. Steed on October 4, 1866. She was a daughter of Thomas and Mary Steed and was born in 1847. In 1900 James is shown as widowed and the same in 1910 when he is 65 year old.

WILLIAM R. (ROBERT) F. PUTMAN Fork Township, Warren County

He is 37 VA and his wife Ruth Ann Steed is 38 VA. Children are Charles H.15 VA, Sandy 10 VA, Francona S. 8 VA, William F. 6 VA, Vallon D. 4 VA and Zedda Bell 1 VA. He is a son of Charles Henry Putman and Carolyn Ruth Loveless. He was born November 10, 1842. He married Ruth Ann Steed on August 27, 1863. She was born in 1842 and was a daughter of John and Nancy Steed. He is listed as Robert F. Putman in 1900. In 1920, he and Ruth Ann are around both at ages 77 and 78. He died June 20, 1930.

MARCUS PUTMAN Front Royal, Warren County

He is a son of the above William and Mary Putman. He is a carpenter 25 VA, his wife Mary Forsyth is 24 VA, and they have a 3 month old son Oliver. He is Marcus Alexander Putman and was born here on October 5, 1853. He married Mary Jane Forsyth on May 26, 1879. Mary was born in 1856 and was a daughter of William and Amilia Forsyth. In 1910, Marcus is shown as widowed. He is still in Warren County in 1920 and 1930 and has a bunch of his brothers and sisters with him. He died in Front Royal on January 2, 1934.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Front Royal, Warren County

He is now 60 VA, Mary E. Croft 59 VA with Albert M. 31 VA, Lucy G. 29 VA, Sarah E. 28 VA, Horace B. 24 VA, Susan J. 22 VA and Mary L. 19 VA. Susan and Mary are at a blind institute. He is William Robert Putman, son of William Putman and Pency Gill. He was born about 1819. By 1900, but a bunch of his unmarried children are all living together and are still here in 1910. I can’t find William or Mary in 1900, but the must be around as he will die here September 3, 1909 and Mary on July 30, 1905.

VIRGINIA 1900 CENSUS

AUGUSTUS C. (COMMINS) PUTNAM Arlington, Alexandria County

He is 33 VA NY NY May 1866 and a motorman on the Electric Railway. His wife Nellie McCreery is 31 MI NY ENG August 1868, and they have Pearl 6 WASH, Hazel 3 WASH and Page (Fay in 1910) 1 VA. They are here and her widowed mother is with them so I know Nellie’s last name. He is Augustus Commins Putnam, a son of John Wesley Putnam from New York state and Viola Commins from Fairfax County outside of Washington DC. John Wesley was a son of Peter Putman and Margaret Saunders from Livingston County, New York. Dutch family. He was with his widowed mother in Fairfax County in 1870 and then in 1880 still with his grandparents there. They are here in 1910 and 1920 and he is widowed here in 1930.

ERNEST C. (CLAYTON) PUTMAN Arlington, Alexandria County

He is 28 VA VA VA May 1871, his wife Madie A. 22 VA September 1877 and Leslie E. (Ernest) 4 VA July 8, 1895. He is a Road Contractor. They have a Black servant, Louis Smith 12 VA living with them. He is a son of Silas Putnam and his first wife Ann Eliza Wells from Fauquier County. He will be here till he dies August 2, 1941.

WILLIAM H. (HENRY) PUTMAN Washington, Alexandria County

He is 30 VA, Rosa Belle Meads 33 MD, Edith W. 7 DC, Robert Meads 5 DC (born October 20, 1894). He is a son of Silas Putnam and his first wife Ann Eliza Wells from Fauquier County. Rosa will be widowed in Washington DC in 1910 and though 1940 with Edith who is then married. This is strange as Edith will say she is widowed in 1910 on but William won’t die until January 3, 1930 in Washington DC.

ORLANDO J. (JORDAN) PUTNAM Clifton Forge, Alleghany County

Eli’s son from Bath County is 45 VA, Mary Ann Ross his wife and also his cousin is 51 VA and they have Joseph T. (Tolliver) 20 VA at home. He is a son of Eli Putnam and Nannie Griffith. He was born in Bath County July 19, 1855 and married Mary Ann December 3, 1874. They were in Bath County in 1880. He will have a new wife Virginia Smith by 1910 and she will be widowed here in 1930. New England Line.

ROBERT PUTNAM Clifton Forge, Alleghany County

Robert William Putnam is 25 VA VA VA, born May 1875 (actual birth was November 8, 1875) and just boarding here. He is a son of Charles Francisco Putnam. He will marry Lula Accord here in 1902, and they will be in Union, Marion County West Virginia in 1910 through 1930 at least. Also here is his brother Ezekiel Bernard Putnam listed as Bung Putnam 22 VA VA VA born November 1877 (actually November 5, 1878). They are day laborers.

WILLIAM PUTMAN Staunton, Augusta County

He is William Augustus Putman a son of Lucinda Putman. He is a cooper 38 VA VA VA, Carry, Clara B. Green, his wife of 19 years is 31 VA, Minnie L. 17 VA, William Wesley 15 VA (born September 25, 1885), Bessie 10 VA, Effie B. 9 VBA, Bush C. 5 VA, Robert C. 5 VA, John H. 3 VA, and Augustus 10 months old. They are here in 1910. He was born in February 1862. He was a cooper and single in the 1880 census. He married Clara B. Green on December 19, 1881 in Warren County. She was a daughter of Jeremiah and Ann Green and was born in January 1869 and was 12 at the time she married. On this certificate, his parents were listed simply as Lucy Putman. He will die here in Staunton on April 17, 1919. In 1920, Carrie is shown as a widow with a bunch of kids still at home. Same in 1930 when they are still in Staunton.

CHARLES F. PUTNAM Millboro, Bath County

He is a son of John Putnam and Sarah Griffith from here. He is now 57 VA born January 1844, his wife Mahala Griffin is 49 VA, Laura 23 VA born February 7, 1874, Marion Jonathan 21 VA born April 14, 1879, William 19 VA born April 15, 1881, and George F. 16 VA born February 29, 1884, the Leap Year Kiddo. He and Mahala were married October 26, 1870. They are here in 1910 and she is widowed by 1920.

ELI PUTNAM Millboro, Bath County

He is William Elias Putman and works as a laborer for the Railroad. He is now 52 VA born March 18, 1847. His first wife Maggie has died. With him are his new wife Mary Frances 29 VA born in 1871, and their son Wilbur Earl 2 VA born May 28, 1898. They will be here in 1910 with three more kids. He is a son of John Putnam and Sarah Griffith from here. They are here through 1920.

JOHN (ALBERT) PUTNAM Millboro, Bath County

He is 27 VA VA VA, born May 7, 1873 and Martha D. is 19 VA born March 1881. He is a son of William Eli and Maggie Putnam of Alleghany County. His dad is from Bath County, a son of John and Sarah Putnam. He is a laborer on the Railroad and lives next door to his dad. He will be widowed here with his dad in 1910.

JOHN H. (HENRY) PUTNAM Millboro, Bath County

Eli's son is 41 VA born October 6, 1858, Lizzie, his wife Elizabeth Oiler is 38 VA born May 1862, Russell Lankford 19 VA (born March 11, 1881), Jordan 17 VA born July 1882, Julia 13 VA born March 1887, Mary 10 VA born in May 1890, Hattie 8 VA born in April 1892, Herman Edward 6 VA born September 14, 1893, Lilly 5 VA born September 1894, Myrtle 4 VA born in April 1896 and Maude 1 VA born in September 1898. He is an engineer on the Steam Railroad. He is a son of Eli Putnam and Nannie Griffith. He was born in Bath County October 6, 1858. He married Elizabeth Oiler in Alleghany County on November 23, 1876. They are in Bath County in 1910 and 1920 then in Clifton, Alleghany County in 1930

ARTHUR PUTNAM Cedar Mountain, Culpeper County

He is Arthur Pembroke Putnam 21 VA, born November 28, 1878. He was with his folks Frederick Putnam and Virginia Jeffries in Fauquier County up until 1880 and has moved on. He’ll be married here in 1910 through 1930. He owns a blacksmith shop here in Cedar Mountain.

E. (EUGENE) A. PUTNAM Fairfax County

He is 27 IL, Garnett Paine his wife 23 VA, E. V. a son 2 VA, Lucy Paine 48 VA, his wife's mother and Guy Putnam his brother 6 IL. He is a son of George Vincent Putnam and Susan Louise Burke of Mechanicsburg, Illinois. He was home there in 1880. His folks died and other siblings are all over Sangamon County, Illinois. Eugene, Garnett and Guy will all be in Denver, Colorado in 1920.

SILAS W. PUTMAN Fairfax County

He is a son of Elizabeth Putman. He was widowed in 1880 after his first wife Ann Eliza Wines died in 1879. He has married Mary Ann Saunders April 20, 1881. He is 53, Mary Ann 36, Edward 16, Nellie 14, Clarence Silas 12, Emmet 9, Mamie 6. Mary died in 1900 and Silas will marry Eliza Hewett in 1901. She will die in a lightning strike. He will then hire a housekeeper, Mrs. Emma Beavers a widow and then try and marry her. She declined in 1907. Seems he had a bad drinking habit and was very nasty when drunk. When Emma turned him down, he shot at one of her children, then shot and killed Emma and finally shot and killed himself in May 1907. The older kids are married and around but Mamie and Louis, a son to be born in 1901, are in an orphanage in Washington DC in 1910.

BENJAMIN PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

He is a son of Thornberry and Agnes Putman. He is 43 VA VA VA May 1857, Louisa Alice Fishback his wife 38 VA VA VA Mar 1862, Louisa A. 20 VA Nov 1879, Edward C. (Collin) 13 VA Dec 1886, Robert F. (Franklin) 10 VA Mar 1890, Noah B. (Boatin) 7 VA Oct 1892, Hattie Lee 3 VA Sep 1896 and Elmer (Calvin Elmer) 1 VA Aug 1898. He was born May 1, 1856. His wife Alice Louisa Fishback was born March 10, 1862 and will die February 8, 1934. They were married May 22, 1878. He will die on February 9, 1938 and they are both buried in Orlean, Fauquier County. He is a farmer.

BARTON PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

This is John Barton Putman, son of Joseph Putman and Mary Gill. He was born on January 31, 1830. He married Elizabeth Ann Freeman on March 25, 1854. Elizabeth was a year older than John. He will die soon on June 30, 1900. He is now 70 VA Jan 1830 and Elizabeth is 70 VA May 1879. Kids still around are Lucy 30 VA Jul 1869, Robert 29 VA Feb 1871, and Bessie 25 VA Mar 1875. Elizabeth is widowed here in 1910.

JOHN B. (BARTON) PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

A son of John Barton Putman. John Junior is a farmer 36 VA, born July 1863, his wife Estelle B. Moore is 29 VA, Carrie C. 4 VA, Linwood Lee is 3 VA and Mattie M. 1 VA. He was born in July 1863. He married Estella B. Moore January 8, 1890. She was born March 27, 1871 and will die January 18, 1912. He is widowed here in 1920 and 1930.

JOSEPH PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

He is Thornberry's son. He is 35 alone and has a zillion kids: Allen D. (Dossie) 16, Ida B. 14, Carrie L. 14, Claudia V. 13, Calvin A. 10, Presley 8, Josie P. 6, Dora M. 4, Bertram 2 and Joshua 1. His wife Eva McCormick just couldn't take any more, but she’ll be back with him in 1910. He is Thornberry's son, but the ages are off by 4 years.

JOSEPH W. (WINTER) PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

He is a farmer now 41 VA Feb 1859, Mary Roth is 41 VA Dec 1858, Walter 14 VA Jul 1886, Lizzie 12 VA Jan 1888, Minnie 10 VA Mar 1890, Walden 8 VA Jun 1892, Edith 6 VA Sep 1893, William 4 VA Sep 1895, Lena 1 VA Mar 1899. The son of John Barton and Elizabeth Ann Putman. He was born in February 1859. His wife is Mary Edith Roth. They were married October 1, 1880. In 1900, 1910 and 1920 they were in Fauquier County and he is widowed here in 1930.

NOAH & SISTERS PUTMAN Marshall, Fauquier County

Joseph's son and all the daughters still never married. Noah is 76 VA Jan 1824, and his sisters Lucy 82 VA Jan 1818, Catherine 79 VA Feb 1821 and Elizabeth 72 VA Apr 1828 are still there. He has taken in a lodger, a Somebody Ball age 68 VA, and it looks like he has officially opened Virginia's first retirement condominium. He lives next to his brother Barton.

LEVI J. PUTMAN Cedar Run, Fauquier County

He is 60 VA VA VA born May 1840. In 1910 he states his age at 84 years. I have him as being born around 1825 so I go for him being about 75 right now. He is a son of John Putnam and Sophia Creel from here. His folks moved to Gilmer County in what is now West Virginia and Levi stayed here and took over the farm. He married Mary Ann Sudduth in Fauquier County on December 26, 1849. They appear together in the 1850 census and then drop out of sight until 1870 and this is the first time I see him since then. He is now widowed and has his son Malcolm Kenneth Putman age 25 VA. Also here is his son Frederick’s wife Virginia Jeffries 46 VA and her two daughters, Anna M. 19 VA and Abbie 17 VA.

MASON H. PUTMAN Warrenton, Fauquier County

He is 36 VA born April 1864 and his wife Mary Bishop is 25 VA born October 1874. They are living with her brother, Earnest Bishop and his young family. He is a salesman, probably in his brother in law’s store. Mason is Levi's son. He married Blanche Mary Bishop. She was born October 4, 1874 and died in July 1964. He will be running a Street Car in Washington DC in 1910. In 1920, Blanche is widowed with their daughter Martha back in Fauquier County with her folks.

ROBERT L. PUTMAN Opequon, Frederick County

He is Robert Lee, a son of Smith Putman and Louisa Andrews from Warren County. He is 36 VA, born January 1864, his wife Edmonia Henry is 34 VA, Maude A. 5 VA, Lolly L. 4 VA, Robert C. 2 VA. Edmonia's widowed dad, Moses Henry is living with them. They are back in Warren County in 1910 and then in Clarke County by 1920. Southern Putman Family.

FRED W. PUTNAM Richmond City, Henrico County

He is 41 NY born Dec 1858, his wife Carrie 35 PA born Aug 1864, and Fred W. Jr. 2 VA born Oct 1897. He lives with his folks William and Ellen and is a theatrical manager like his dad. I don’t find them in 1910, but he is widowed here in Richmond in 1920.

WILLIAM W. PUTNAM Richmond, Henrico County

He is a theater manager age 65 NY born August 1834. His wife Ellen Ragan is 60 IRE born June 1839 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1856. They have William S. (Sedgwick) 18 NY born in NYC February 1882. He married Ellen in Troy, New York on September 1, 1852. They were in Syracuse, New York in the 1860. He was a policeman then. He is a son of David Putman and Ann Vrooman from Montgomery then Onondaga County New York. Dutch family. Young William will shortly marry Margaret Dora Cook on August 24, 1904, and be in King William County by the 1910.

THOMAS PUTMAN Jefferson, Loudoun County

He works on a farm and is 35 VA, Susan Fauber 25 VA and Lizabeth 6 VA and Lula M. 3 VA. His full name is Thomas Henry Putnam and his wife is Hannah Susan Fauber. Susan’s mother, Daisy Fauber was a full blooded Blackfoot Indian. He is a son of Thornberry Putnam and Agnes Ball from Fauquier and then Rappahannock Counties.

ANNA PUTMAN Norfolk County

She is 24 VA NH VA Feb 1876, and a lodger with William and Mary Brooks. She has been married eight years and has had four children, all of which have died. She could have been the daughter of Andrew Jackson Putnam and Nancy Ferebee from Portsmouth. She was with her folks there in 1880. If she is their daughter and is still married, it is strange to be using her maiden name.

JOHN L. PUTNAM Norfolk City, Norfolk County

He is a cigar maker, 23 FL FL FL born August 1876, Mamie 16 NC NC NC born in September 1883, and they have John L. just born this week in May 1900. Something happened to Mamie, as he will marry Mary Ann Sawyer May 19, 1901.

JOHN G. (GUSTAVUS) PUTNAM Norfolk City, Norfolk County

He is 24 GA FL AL born August 1875 and is a cigar maker. He is listed as a stepson of Henry (63 VA) and Florence (57 AL) Wright. He is a son of John Lewis Putnam and Florence Thompson. He was born in Savannah, Georgia in September 1875. This is a family that a Benjamin Putnam came down from Massachusetts to Savannah. His kids then went into Florida and settled in Madison County. John and his brother Lewis Dexter were living in Jacksonville, Florida in 1880 with Henry Wright who had married their mother after their father, John Lewis Putnam, had died. John will be here still in 1910.

LEWIS D. (DEXTER) PUTNAM Norfolk City, Norfolk County

He is 28 FL FL FL and a cigar maker like his brother John. His wife Alice L. Foster 33 VA, Florence 5 VA, Grace A. 3 VA and Mary L. 3 months VA. He is another son of John Lewis Putnam and Florence Thompson of Madison, Florida. He was born there July 30, 1871. This is a New England family going back to Benjamin Putnam from Massachusetts who was in Savannah, Georgia in the mid 1780s. They are in Columbia, South Carolina in 1910 and in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1920. In 1930 they are in St. Petersburg, Florida.

T. B. (THOMAS BURTON) PUTNAM Gainesville, Prince William County

He is 58 born APR 1842. He is still single and a farmer as he has been since the 1860s. He is Thomas Burton Putnam, son of Ephraim Hildreth Putnam and Susannah Ford of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. He was born there in 1842.

EDWARD M. PUTMAN Jackson, Rappahannock County

He is a son of William George and Elizabeth Butler Putman. He is 35 VA, born March 1865, and his wife Mary is 45 VA, and Gilbert 7 VA. His folks are with him. William is 81 VA and Elizabeth is 72 VA. William was born in January 1819. He married Landonia Hefflin, daughter of Lawson A. Hefflin on October 10, 1843. She died shortly thereafter and there were no children. He married again on September 6, 1847 to Elizabeth Butler, born July 1828. William died in the early 1900s and is buried in Amosville, Rappahannock County, Virginia. Elizabeth at age 82 is still with Edward in the 1910 census and is still there in 1920 at age 92. Edward and Mary are here in 1910 and 1920 and he is widowed here by 1930.

JOHN W. (WILLIAM) PUTMAN Jackson, Rappahannock County

He is a son of William George and Elizabeth Butler Putman. He is 49 VA, born May 1851, Lena (Angeline Pettibone) 40 VA and Ollie T. (Oliver Thomas, their only child) is 8 VA. He is widowed here in 1910 and 1920 and will die before 1930.

THORNBERRY PUTMAN Jackson, Rappahannock County

He is widowed at age 64 (really 68) VA, born October 1832. His wife Agnes Ball is the past several years. With him are his son Martin Thornberry (see next listing) and a nephew Jim Fenely age 18 VA. Thorny is a son of Joseph Darnell Putman Jr. and Mary Gill from Fauquier. He was born there in October 1832. He married Agnes E. Ball in Fauquier County on December 26, 1853. They are in Fauquier County in 1860 and 1870, and in Rappahannock County in 1880. He is widowed here still in 1910 at age 78.

MARTIN THORNBERRY PUTMAN Jackson, Rappahannock County

Thornberry and Agnes Putman's son is with his dad, and this is his family listing. He is 34 VA born March 1866, Narcissa E. Payne is 25 VA, Agnes 2 VA and a son Kerford 1 month old. They are here through 1930, and all their lives.

FRANK R. (ROBERT) PUTNAM Roanoke County

He is 20 VA and a boarder. He is Robert Franklin Putman, son of Benjamin Putman and Louisa Fishback from Fauquier County. He was born March 31, 1890, and died June 3, 1951. He will be back home single in 1910 and 1920.

FRANCES PUTMAN Cedarville, Warren County

She is 32 VA, born January 1868, and her sister Mary is 28 VA June 1871. They look to be daughters of Smith Putnam from here in Cedarville, Warren County, though the ages seem 2 years off. Frances is listed as a widow. She may have been briefly married and took her birth name back.

WILLIAM (HENRY) PUTMAN Cedarville, Warren County

He is 45 VA Jan 1854, Martha Ritenour 40 VA Jun 1860. With them are his daughter Milly A. 19 VA May 1881 and her husband Thomas String or something 29 VA May 1871. He is a son of Smith Putman and Louisa Andrews from here. He was born April 24, 1853 and died in 1928. He married Martha A. Ritenour in Warren County on November 16, 1879. She was born in June 1856 and was a daughter of Thomas and Mary Ritenour. She died in 1916.

CHARLES H. (HENRY) PUTMAN Fork, Warren County

He is a son of William and Ruth Ann Putman. He is 35, Gertrude S. Foss is 30, Silas Henry 8, Bessie A 6, Valley M. (Sally?) 4 and Mary 1. They were married here June 20, 1888. He was born March 23, 1865. In 1910 and 1920 they are here in Warren County. He will die March 4, 1927. She is widowed in Shenandoah County in 1930, and died there October 18, 1933.

JAMES K. PUTMAN Fork, Warren County

He is now widowed, and is 55 VA, born January 1845 and only Edith 21 VA born June 1879 is still at home. He is William R. and Mary Putman's eldest son. He was born January 30, 1840 and died May 9, 1916. He married Alice L. Steed on October 4, 1866. She died in the past decade, and he is here in 1910 when he is 65 year old.

REBECCA PUTMAN Fork, Warren County

She is Rebecca Milburn the widow of Charles Henry Putman who died here in 1895. She is 64 VA May 1836 and her son David Leonard 33 VA Sep 1866 is at home with her. Charles was a son of William and Pency Gill from here. He was born about 1821. His first wife was Caroline Ruth Loveless. They were married December 9, 1841 in Warren County, Virginia. Caroline died in the 1860s, and Henry married Rebecca Milburn on November 7, 1865. Rebecca is here in 1910 but will die before 1920 and David will be here, unmarried, until his death on September 16, 1939.

ROBERT F. PUTMAN Fork, Warren County

He is William Robert F. Putman. He is now 58 VA Nov 1842, and Ruth Ann Steed his wife is 58 VA Apr 1842. At home are Valonia D. 23 VA Mar 1877, William F. 25 VA Mar 1876, Zeda Bell (?) 21 VA May 1879 and Walter D. 15 VA Jun 1884. He owns a farm. He is a son of Charles Henry Putman and Carolyn Ruth Loveless. He was born November 10, 1842. He married Ruth Ann Steed on August 27, 1863. She was born in 1842 and was a daughter of John and Nancy Steed. In 1920, he and Ruth Ann are around both at ages 77 and 78. He died June 20, 1930.

SANDY E. PUTMAN Fork, Warren County

He is Samuel Edwards Putman a son of Robert F. and Ruth Ann Putman. He is 30 VA Mar 1870 and his wife Sallie L. Andrews is 23 VA Jun 1877 and they have Claude W. 2 VA Jun 1898. He works on his dad’s farm. He was born March 5, 1870. He and Sallie were married in Warren County April 20, 1896. He will later marry Virgie Givins March 1, 1910. They are in Warren County in 1910 and in Shenandoah County in 1920. He is widowed in Shenandoah County in 1930, and died there August 5, 1930

ALBERT M. & LOTS OF OTHER PUTMANS Front Royal, Warren County

He is a son of William Robert and Mary E. Putman. He is 52 VA, born October 1847. With him are a bunch of brothers and sisters, William Robert 54 VA February 1846, Lucy G. 57 VA April 1849, Sarah E. 48 VA January 1852, Horace B. 43 VA June 1856 and Susan J. 42 VA February 1858. None of these guys ever married, must have been ugly or onery or something. He is a Warden at the County Jail and has a Black prisoner living here too. William is a carpenter and Lucy and Sarah are dressmakers. Horace and Susan don’t work.

GEORGE (WASHINGTON) PUTMAN Front Royal, Warren County

He is 47 VA born August 5, 1853, Caroline Lee Pettibone, his wife, is 38 VA born May 18, 1862 and they have a daughter Bessie Lee 17 VA born December 1882. He is a son of William George Putman and his second wife Elizabeth Butler. Caroline died in Front Royal November 19, 1905. George died there May 11, 1910. His mom Elizabeth is currently in Rappahannock County and will be there in 1920 at age 92.

JOSEPH PUTMAN Front Royal, Warren County

Joseph Carter Putman is a son of William George Putman and Elizabeth Butler. He is 36 VA, born August 1863. His wife Bettie (Elizabeth Ann Brown) is 40 VA born February 1860, Arthur 9 VA born July 1890, William Destin 7 VA born January 1893, Lillie 5 VA born June 1894 and Annie M. 1 month born April 1900. He married Elizabeth Ann Brown in 1887, and died in Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia on March 17, 1953. Elizabeth was a daughter of Daniel Brown and Sarah Jane Ramey and born in February 1860, and died in 1946. Her parents live next door now and are both 75 VA. Joe is a blacksmith.

MARCUS A. (ALEXANDER) PUTMAN Front Royal, Warren County

He is 46 VA Oct 1853, and his wife Mary Forsythe 44 VA May 1856, Ollie 20 VA Feb 1880, Harry 17 VA Apr 1883, Guy 12 VA Sep 1887 and Lulu 9 VA Aug 1890. He is a son of William Robert and Mary Ellen Putman from here. He was born here on October 5, 1853. He married Mary Jane Forsyth on May 26, 1879. They were here in 1880. He will be widowed here in 1910. He is still in Warren County in 1920 and 1930 and has a bunch of his brothers and sisters with him. He died in Front Royal on January 2, 1934.

MILO L. (LEE) PUTMAN Lipps Township, Wise County

He is Drurary Alston Putman's son from Cleveland County North Carolina. He is 30 NC born October 1869, Louisa Nowell is 21 NC and they have Florence 6 VA. They have been married 8 years. He is either a printer or a painter, hard to read. They will continue onto Tennessee by 1910.